Break Ups Articles

Ellen Barkin is single again after breaking up with her fiancé, Ben Emmerson, a human rights attorney who works with Amal Clooney.
Here’s the setting: they met at the Alamuddin-Clooney wedding extravaganza in Venice. Could there be a hotter hookup scenario? She’s a saucy and gorgeous movie star, he’s a dashing international barrister, and they are all there celebrating a beautiful couple that is half famous, half prestigious. Full Story

Prince Harry was photographed with cousin Princess Eugenie at a ski resort in Switzerland this weekend. The paps weren’t able to conjure up a “mystery companion”. And, you know, if there was one, they would have found her. The last timeFull Story

According to the Daily Mail (so I don’t blame you if you snort at the authenticity of this post), Gwyneth Paltrow intimated to Marie Claire that she and Chris Martin actually separated a year before the conscious uncoupling announcement and that she was actually subtly asking Johnny Depp about how it worked for him when he and Vanessa Paradis split up. Full Story

After 15 years of marriage, Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Fink are done. She was the one who filed and TMZ reports that there’s no prenup. Fink has hired Laura Wasser to handle the divorce on her side. And TMZ points to more signs that it could get ugly because according to sources, “she’s had a problem with his ego for a while now, which she thinks is out of control”. Full Story

Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams confirmed their split this weekend. Here’s the statement from her publicist:
"Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have mutually decided to end their marriage of almost 6 years. It is a respectful, amicable parting of ways and both Mandy and Ryan are asking for media to respect their privacy at this time. Full Story

Elizabeth Olsen was papped the other day grocery shopping and not wearing her engagement ring. US Weekly then followed with confirmation from sources yesterday that she and Boyd Holbrook have ended their relationship.
I swear, I was just thinking on the weekend while watching The Skeleton Twins, about how hot he is. Full Story

Right before New Year’s it broke that Jeremy Renner’s wife, Sonni Pacheco, filed for divorce.The filing was pretty sensational, accusing him of fraud and of stealing her identification documents, preventing her from leaving the country. Full Story

Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife Malaak right around Christmas. It looks like it might get messy. But the timing is interesting too…
Because Rock was in St Barts for New Year’s, yacht hopping with billionaires and partying with Diddy. And Page SixFull Story

It was just in September that Jeremy Renner confirmed he married Sonni Pacheco, the mother of his daughter. And now, barely three months later, Pacheco has filed for divorce. The court documents reveal they were married for 10 months (consider it a 2014 Limited Edition Marriage), much of which Renner spent out of the country working on Avengers: Age of Ultron and Mission: Impossible 5. Full Story

Last New Year’s Eve, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin were in Hawaii – click here to revisit those photos. We didn’t know it at the time but it they were trying to save their marriage. They tried for three months, even making the rounds during award season together, before finally announcing their decision to Consciously Uncouple. Full Story

Chris Rock has filed for divorce from wife Malaak. They’ve been married for 19 years. I didn’t even think of it when he showed up for the Top Five premiere without her. I do remember wondering while I was watching Top Five if I found him attractive. Then I got distracted being attracted to Rosario Dawson. Full Story

Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton have confirmed to PEOPLE exclusively that it’s over:
“(They’ve) separated amicably earlier this year and have continued to be friends and co-parent their children. We would ask that you respect their privacy and that of their children during this time. Full Story

I have a friend, H, and she has an expression. It’s the best. She dropped it on me once when we were at a work meeting years ago, before I started blogging full-time. One of our colleagues, P, was upset about some negative feedback. She sulked for the rest of the session, then at the very end, when everyone was getting up to leave, she let the tears fall down her face and ran to the bathroom. Full Story

Last night on etalk we counted down the Top 10 gossip stories of the year, as many other programs and outlets are doing right now. How can you have a list without Conscious Uncoupling?
Gwyneth’s breakup gave us a new expression, an expression everyone used, as a joke, mostly, but still… when you add a phrase to pop culture vocabulary, it’s a thing. Full Story